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Luis Gutierrez switcheroo on Obamacare

Luis Gutierrez, representative from Illinois, was the latest in the series of Dems who have indicated plans to switch from No to Yes on the upcoming Obamacare vote. Mr. Gutierrez was asked why he switched.

“Originally, I thought the Obamacare program sucked, sucked bad. I was concerned, along with my constituents, that the government takeover of one-sixth the economy was not what we wanted, the death panels were a bad idea, and the trillion dollar cost tab was obnoxious. Furthermore, I felt that we shouldn’t make the taxpayer pay for sex change operations or male enhancement hormone therapy. But what really irked me was when I heard that the new bill would not allow illegal immigrants to participate. I was flabbergasted at this unfair act of blatant discrimination.

“But I met with the President, and he helped put it all in a better perspective. He told me that the evil Health Insurance companies were busy building a Death Star to blow up the planet, similar to the one that destroyed Alderaan. Those insurance creeps have been using the enormous profits raked from our poor citizens to finance the construction work, and it was slated for completion within 4 years. He said if we don’t stop them, crush them, they will complete the Death Star, relocate all their favored people onto it, and super-laser beam the earth. The President also mentioned that he had inside information that there would be zero illegal aliens invited to board the Death Star…zip, nada.

“I knew that the Insurance companies were bad guys, but I never knew they were this nasty. I knew they were indiscriminately jacking our rates up, but I never knew where all the money was going. I thought that the rates were going up to pay for more technologically-advanced diagnostic equipment and extensive medical treatment facilities to prolong life. Now I find out it has been used for technologically-advanced evil spacecraft to extend life for these extra-terrestial wannabes. Man, was I wrong on that one! No clue.”

Obamacare bill opponents told Gutierrez that the Death Star garbage was pure crap. They laughed and said there is no such thing as a Death Star, and even if there was, they certainly wouldn’t blast Earth. But Gutierrez responded that this was the honest-to-goodness President telling him this information, and there is no way he would ever make up that kind of stuff. Luis said we need to support Obamacare immediately and snuff out these Insurance freaks and all their illicit buddies before we all end up vaporized.

Gutierrez looks at it from a practical standpoint now: a trillion dollars to save the entire planet? Easy choice. “I’m on board with the President on this one.”

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